Java 7 - "jump into the abyss"? What (and who) will replace Java?

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  • Python (only with braces). - avp 1:59 pm
  • Do you mean Groovy? ;) In fact, Scala is quite a worthy alternative to the JRE for those who read Java death. - Nofate ♦
  • Well, they all will take together 20 percent of the market, and that will all end) Java will still survive .Net. right now it will induce the order of the current. Yes Klozhur forgot where now without lisp now))))) - gympi
  • Java 7 - "jump into the abyss" - where did you get it? Justify - Vitaliy
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    Please note that the author asked a provocative question with a catchy title, and he merged and does not participate in the discussion. I think the question should be closed as close to trolling. - cy6erGn0m

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Let me say: what a leap into the abyss, what are you talking about?

  1. Orakla has a lot of Java-oriented products, which cost a lot of money, besides, the Oracle database itself is most often used in conjunction with Java solutions (a whole stack of technologies).
  2. Millions of lines of Java code (sites, mobile apps, GUIs, libs, web servers) that need to be supported.
  3. Java 7 will add some interesting things to the language: checking for null, more convenient exceptions (as I miss it), lines to switch, Coin project. Link to you - http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1082555/best-java-7-features
  4. Large major startups, sites anyway, for the most part use JVM (Scala, Java), for example, "Classmates" in Russia.
  5. Java's father, James Gosling, is now working in VW, and what do you think applies there? Naturally, Java, so there are new applications.
  6. Yes, at least look at the statistics of tags on this resource :) Java is in second place by their number.
  • What kind of VW? voltsvagen chtoli? He's already been in Goole for several months. - gympi
  • Yes, I forgot this story already, now it is, but he collaborated with Volkswagen, and these words were from an interview in Russia. I will not tell the year. - DroidAlex
  • An interesting fact, did not know .... - gympi

Those who ask such questions are invited after her :) Well, and if it is serious, if suddenly Java will be bent after five years, there are no alternatives at all, only .NET.

UPD seems my answer was not quite understood. I myself personally do not think this is a leap into the abyss. I think everything looks good so far.

UPD other options, such as python, rock and something else are not considered as an alternative, as they are not well suited for serious enterprise development. The same python is just not suitable for such things. And there is only one suitable alternative.

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    And why she can die? Due to licensing restrictions? It seems to me that with so many existing code (+ developing directions, for example, Android), 5 years is that if all computers burn out due to the end of the world in 2012. - yozh
  • Well, at the wrong approach orakl can easily implement it. - cy6erGn0m pm
  • The survival of programming languages ​​is largely determined by the amount of accumulated code. For this reason, Java (many things are written, many people can write) in the coming years does not seriously threaten. - alexlz pm
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    Look at the vacancies, their heap and they are well paid, as it does not smell of death. In Oracle, the fools have never worked, they have the opposite global ideas of conquest. Constantly held conferences on the topic of combining many standards with .NET. They are going to introduce modularity in the JDK so that the same feature with different languages ​​is as in .Net with its CLR core. Many standards want to be uniform for .NET and Java. Read more news. Oracle just wants to get rid of non-core and unprofitable assets, MySQL in general is somehow out of place. - gympi
  • If Java and be bent, then not soon. And it will be bent under its own weight. Too much has been worked out, you will not find the ends. A lot of time is spent on finding solutions, mastering the next concepts that extend something. Over time, those wishing to master this wealth will be less and less, development will stop. By the way, Java experts, please help find the answer to the question recently asked here: How to create a file? (java gwt eclipse) - avp